Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no good insisting that , so long as you look at it with your eyes closed , a pig 's ear is a silk purse after all . |
| 2 | All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 3 | Guy 's voice was harsh , the taut mask of detachment crumbling as she stared at him in bleak misery . |
| 4 | As she gazed at him in mute appeal he turned his back . |
| 5 | Here they were hammering with a monotonous beat , the voices high but soft , small boys staring at her as she looked at them in panic , realising she did not know the way out of the maze of streets and could not ask . |
| 6 | ‘ Lindsey , ’ he groaned softly as she looked at him through her lashes , ‘ do you have any idea what you 're doing to me ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be ready for you , ’ Rachel said tightly , her eyes hostile as she looked at him through black lashes . |
| 8 | She went scarlet , speechless with rage as she glared at him in the sunlit interior of the car , eyes burning over his hard profile and sexy black leather jacket . |
| 9 | How dare you say that I 'm dull ? ’ she stormed , the accumulations of the day taking their toll as she swung at him with her handbag . |
| 10 | Telephone sales teams daily insult the intelligence of thousands of potential customers , as they read at them from a prepared sales script . |
| 11 | He laughed and kissed her again , and she could sense the relief in his words and in his eyes , as he looked at her with tenderness . |
| 12 | You know — ’ He pulled in his chin as he looked at her before continuing , ‘ It 's odd , but none of the other girls I 've brought to the house over the years have seemed to arouse your animosity . |
| 13 | She drew a breath as he gazed at it for an instant , watching its slow movements , the gentle opening of its tiny mouth as if expressing surprise . |
| 14 | His forehead was ripped dark in the starlight but his cheekbones still gleamed ( an image superimposed : the sunset slanting over him as he grinned at her in the freighter ) the way she remembered . |
| 15 | His pale eyes glittered spitefully as he smiled at her before walking back inside . |
| 16 | ‘ Only stakin' 'is claim , ’ Granpa used to tell the customers as he pointed at me in the wooden box . |